Advancing prevention, diagnosis and treatment research for the 30 million people living with a rare disease in Europe.

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News & Updates

ERDERA announces first Joint Transnational Call 2025 portfolio of preclinical therapy projects for rare diseases

Eighteen international pre clinical therapy projects selected under ERDERA’s first Joint Transnational Call will accelerate treatment options for people living with rare diseases across Europe and beyond

HLM Rare 2025 in Brussels: forging a European Declaration for rare and complex diseases

Three days in Brussels help advance the European Declaration on Rare and Complex Diseases

Clinical experts and patient advocates gather in Heidelberg to turn discussion into action on global rare disease research

From shared standards to local impact, the 2nd Clinical Research Networks Conference agreed concrete next steps for interoperable clinical research networks worldwide

ERDERA launches 2026 Joint Transnational Call on diagnostics for unsolved rare diseases

Call now open; preproposals due 12 February 2026

ERDERA

Research Services

our mission

Goals & Impacts

Unify knowledge, resources and expertise

ERDERA brings under one roof a broad range of high-value services, resources and cross-disciplinary expertise to support rare disease research projects across Europe, from planning and design to efficient execution.

Boost clinical research with and for patients

Enabling every consenting patient living with a rare disease to be findable and enrolled in a suitable clinical study that matches their needs and preferences is a core goal in ERDERA. Empowered patients can contribute to the generation of high-quality evidence to improve diagnosis, understanding of diseases and develop treatments.

Spur innovation and EU competitiveness

The new partnership aims to make Europe a global leader in rare disease research by increasing investment to spur innovation, aligning regional, national and European research strategies, and fostering collaboration among all stakeholders at global scale.

Upcoming Events

Dec
16
Tuesday,
03:00 pm-05:00 pm
online

This information webinar on the 2026 Joint Transnational Call for Proposals is scheduled for 16 December 2025, 15:00–17:00 CET, focusing on resolving unsolved rare genetic and non‑genetic diseases.

Jun
03
- 04
Jun
Wednesday,
All day
hybrid

The next ECRD will take place on 3–4 June 2026 in Prague under the title “Rare Diseases in a Changing & Competitive Europe: Shaping policies to address the unmet needs of people living with rare diseases”.

Jun
09
- 22
Jun
Tuesday,
All day
onsite

More than 280 speakers from industry, regulators, patient organisations, investors and healthcare providers, and aims to showcase new science, technologies and policies that can accelerate orphan drug development and improve access to therapies for people living with rare conditions.

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